Coco Chanel Research Paper
Coco Chanel changed women’s fashion and has brought the world of high fashion to the masses by introducing a designer perfume and designer jewelry
Gabrielle Chanel: Early years
It is impossible to talk about Coco Chanel’s success without mentioning her early life. Born in 1883 and named Gabrielle Chanel, Coco as she would be known later came from another century where a lot of things were happening in the world. In that year, President Chester Alan Arthur inaugurated a work of engineering (the Brooklyn Bridge); in Paris, news arrived that the French flag had been raised over the citadel of Hanoi. And in a small French Province called Saumur a girl named Gabrielle Chanel was born to a poor unmarried couple. Chanel’s mom Eugenie “Jeanne” Devolle was 20 years old and had already a first daughter Julia from the same father Henri-Albert - to whom she was not married yet (Picardie). The father was a small-wares peddler from Cevennes, the …show more content…
Chanel was only 26 years old and two years younger than him. According to Charles-Roux, Capel was a “brilliantly intelligent Englishman and greatest love”. He had a great impact in her life as he gave her financial support for her first shop. Coco had a very unique style as she dressed much more simpler than the women at her time. She would design, make and sell hats in a small way from her own apartment. But 1910 with the help of Boy Capel, Coco started selling harts and haute couture in the rue Cambon in Paris. Her clientele was growing and so the success of her designs. By 1913, with the financial help of Boy Capel, the aspiring designer opened her first shop. Located in Deauville the shop was well locate, near hotels and casinos and had a simple white awning for shade and on it her name was spelled in simple black letters. This was the beginning of the Chanel logo. (Haedrich 74, Bond
Gabrielle Chanel: Early years
It is impossible to talk about Coco Chanel’s success without mentioning her early life. Born in 1883 and named Gabrielle Chanel, Coco as she would be known later came from another century where a lot of things were happening in the world. In that year, President Chester Alan Arthur inaugurated a work of engineering (the Brooklyn Bridge); in Paris, news arrived that the French flag had been raised over the citadel of Hanoi. And in a small French Province called Saumur a girl named Gabrielle Chanel was born to a poor unmarried couple. Chanel’s mom Eugenie “Jeanne” Devolle was 20 years old and had already a first daughter Julia from the same father Henri-Albert - to whom she was not married yet (Picardie). The father was a small-wares peddler from Cevennes, the …show more content…
Chanel was only 26 years old and two years younger than him. According to Charles-Roux, Capel was a “brilliantly intelligent Englishman and greatest love”. He had a great impact in her life as he gave her financial support for her first shop. Coco had a very unique style as she dressed much more simpler than the women at her time. She would design, make and sell hats in a small way from her own apartment. But 1910 with the help of Boy Capel, Coco started selling harts and haute couture in the rue Cambon in Paris. Her clientele was growing and so the success of her designs. By 1913, with the financial help of Boy Capel, the aspiring designer opened her first shop. Located in Deauville the shop was well locate, near hotels and casinos and had a simple white awning for shade and on it her name was spelled in simple black letters. This was the beginning of the Chanel logo. (Haedrich 74, Bond